Berryhill wants storage added to water bond proposal

SACRAMENTO -- State Sen. Tom Berryhill, R-Twain Harte, has call for the inclusion of additional above-ground water storage to any comprehensive water bond placed on the 2014 ballot.

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SACRAMENTO -- State Sen. Tom Berryhill, R-Twain Harte, has call for the inclusion of additional above-ground water storage to any comprehensive water bond placed on the 2014 ballot.

Berryhill pointed out the crisis being faced by farmers in the Central Valley as a drought hits California hard.

"Communities up and down the state are suffering," Berryhill said in a prepared statement. "This drought is a particularly scary situation for me as a farmer. ... While there is not an industry, person or region in California that is not impacted by a drought, those of us living in the Central Valley feel like we are the epicenter of this crisis."

Berryhill's 14th district covers a broad swath of the Central Valley and includes Calaveras and parts of San Joaquin counties.